Paul Tabbed Second Team All-MIAA

FREELAND, Mich. – Saint Mary's senior basketball player Ariana Paul was selected to the All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Second Team for the 2014-15 season.

ariana paul bballPaul, who started in each of the team's 25 regular season games and all 16 MIAA contests, was near the top of the individual standings in conference statistics in points, steals, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, and total rebounds during her senior season. She was named the MIAA Player of the Week twice during the season while reaching 1,000 career points in her final collegiate game.

It is the first time in her career that she has been named to an All-MIAA team at the conclusion of the season. Paul becomes the 15th player in Saint Mary's basketball history to earn All-MIAA distinctions. It is also the 14th consecutive season at least one member of the Belles basketball team has been named to either the All-MIAA First or Second Team.

2015 All-MIAA Women’s Basketball Team
Most Valuable Player
Breanna Verkaik, Calvin
(senior from Holland/Holland Christian HS)

Defensive Player of the Year
Perri Nicholson, Kalamazoo
(senior from Three Rivers/Three Rivers HS)

All-MIAA First Team
Kelsey Adamski, Kalamazoo* (junior from Hickory Corners/Richland Gull Lake HS)
Kayla Engelhard, Calvin** (senior from Unionville/Saginaw Valley Lutheran HS)
Stefanie Lang, Olivet** (senior from Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso HS)
Rebekah Llorens, Hope* (senior from Grayslake, Ill./Grayslake Central HS)
Maura McAfee, Hope** (junior from Midland/Midland HS)
Breanna Verkaik, Calvin** (senior from Holland/Holland Christian HS)
*-denotes number of years All-MIAA First Team

All-MIAA Second Team
Brittany Berry, Hope (senior from Grand Rapids/GR Catholic Central HS)
Emily Lindsay, Kalamazoo (senior from Davison/Davison HS)
Ariana Paul, Saint Mary’s (senior from Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso HS)
Darian Payne, Albion (junior from Lisle, Ill./Lisle HS)
Carli Reid, Olivet (senior from Lansing/Waverly HS)
Whitney Shaffer, Trine (junior from Tipton, Ind./Tri-Central HS)

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